#because it's just “putin's war”

[fury176]

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#oh the feeling when you come back from your neighbor's funeral #who was killed by russians on the front line with a phosphorus bomb which are prohibited to be used in the whole world #and then you go on the internet and see westerners saying how PRIVILEGED you are #that what is happening in Ukraine isn't a genocide #apparently because slavs are mostly white huh? #even though russians said countless times they're ready to kill millions of ukrainians #westerners' commentary about how the mass graves and torture chambers on photos aren't real #that russian soldiers don't rape ukrainian women #that oRdinArY rUssiAnS that laugh at photos of ukrainian children's corpses are not guilty #because it's just “putin's war” #and that Ukraine should just blow up so the west could enjoy Dostoevsky and Tolstoy in peace #i always try to be strong and rational #but more and more often i feel like i can't do this anymore

[swamp-cats-den]

Expectations of westerners who believe in russian opposition: the movie about Navalny winning is a big fuck you to putin and a symbol of unity against the bloody warmongerin kremlin regime!

Reality: russian liberals on social media gloating at Ukrainians being angry that a vocally xenophobic person who supported the occupation of Crimea is heralded as a hero in the middle of a seemingly never-ending war; russian liberals mocking Ukrainians for writing that it'd be a common courtesy for Navalny's wife at least to talk about the aforementioned war and saying that Navalny family can't be expected to support Ukraine now that people are mean to them on the internet; russian liberals going 'reparations?? my family would never give a penny to 'slur for Ukrainians' 'slur for Georgians' 'slur for Chechens'...

#for a millionth time #our enemy is not just putin but awhole russian political culture whose backbone is and always has been ugly imperialism #which most russian so-called liberals are in no way free of #and no they don't want to reflect on #cause they feel so little responsibility for the countless suffering their country brings upon others #that the mere mention of it makes their 'no to war' turn into 'you know what? it's all their own fault. kill khohols!' #if navalny was the president russia would still try to hold onto occupied Ukrainian territories #would go on totally destroying Belarusian language and culture #would continue if not double-down on oppressing it's POC (ffs navalny took part in nazi marches) #because it would still be russia with the tiniest most superficial changes #Ukraine

[radioactive-cloud]

those past few days are really testing my patience with some of the takes and opinions i've seen on the internet and i'm so fucking done with all of this i just want to delete all my accounts from everywhere and live somewhere in the woods (as far away from russia as i can) and to never come in contact with another human being again

#i'm so exhausted i just have to rant even tho nobody will care #i have some trouble sleeping because i'm either waiting for another attack to happen #or reading the news about dozens of missiles flying at my country #or hiding in the bathroom while listening to explosions because it's supposed to be the safest place in our appartment #and then i open social media and see all the destruction and casualties and deaths that happened overnight #and at the same time i see people adoring and praising and defending russians and their culture and language #and creaming themselves because of their “mysterious russian soul” #and telling ukrainians that they are stupid and toxic and that what they feel about their killers and occupiers is wrong #well newsflash y'all #russian culture is nothing but blood and death #russian language is nothing but blood and death #it's not just fucking putin doing all of this shit #he wasn't there when ukrainian nation and culture and language were oppressed for literal fucking centuries #did russia invent human cloning for putin to be all those soldiers at the frontline and all those people building drones and missiles? #open your fucking eyes and think for a fucking second #i go to sleep every night fearing that i may not wake up #and then in the morning i see people admiring russians and foaming at the mouths defending them #and then also fucking michael sheen of all people sending his love to them #and i become so insanely pissed #get a fucking reality check #i'm so sick of people excusing russia and its actions #once again guess i'm a walking big bad angry ukrainian stereotype #well that's what war does to you #i won't wish for anyone to experience this but also it may be the only thing that makes some people aware of what a rotten thing russia is #i'm so done and i don't want to feel all of this and i don't want to be a human and i don't want to have thoughts #maybe it's for the best if a missile flies into my room so i won't have to be here any longer and witness all of this shit #(it's a thought i've been having lately and ngl it kinda scares me) #ukraine #russia is a terrorist state #btw i've just discovered there's a limit of 30 tags

[mmm-asbestos]

this site will never stop surprising me

#just saw the stupidest take on the ukranian war that not even a pro putin pro war brainwashed ass can imagine you gotta be on the different #side of the globe on the different temporal plane only on tumblr truly #it just genuinely baffled me so much i had to share #it went like and i quote 'ukraine doesnt want for eu to accept russian refugees of war(?) because!! they need more enemy soldiers to keep #the war going so other countries keep giving ukraine money' #its like writing essay on the book you clearly havent read #not one correct thing has been said

[butchstalinist]

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#the takes on Russia even from other MLs on this site are rancid #I get trying to bridge to popular discourse and communicate w people who are pro Ukraine without alienating them or whatever but like #lol perhaps many Russians do support this war because they’re fighting against imperialist domination and the threat of being Balkanized #their path to real prosperity is fighting this NATO lead alliance & esp for the breakaway republics this isn’t just some pointless war #the posts being like ‘if you’re an ML you must hate Putin at all costs’ like lol #why should the people fight against their own government just to leave themselves vulnerable to imperialist domination #esp when partnership with China actually gives them a pathway to steady growth and change while fighting for a multipolar world? #like I don’t need to be deceived about who Putin is to understand the more complex role he plays in geopolitics and appreciate it lmao #huge reason I’ve gotten offline more and just focused on reading #zzzzzzz ♥️

[jew-flexive]

literally why does the left not care about ukraine?

#it’s like you’re all for fighting facism and ethnic hatred until it involves actually fighting facism and ethnic hatred #russia just bombed a maternity ward. the youngest victim WAS TOO YOUNG TO HAVE A BIRTH CERTIFICATE #you’re all complaining about biden wanting to send aid but literally a year ago you all fucking hated putin #now you’re willing to lie down and let him committ war crimes because ukrainians are different from you #and don’t get me started on all the fucking antisemitism you have towards zelenskyy #i’m just so fucking tired of hearing about my friends’ homes getting bombed and being able to do NOTHING about it #just say you hate jews and slavs and MOVE THE FUCK ON #you’re not actually leftists you’re white xtians who have never actually known facism #rant

[ajarofpickledtears]

well at least we get to make fun of Putin and the Ukraine war and cultural appropriation I guess

#cylas speaks #german stuff #because it's karneval #oof i am so tired of people making fun of shit they dont understand #or just being ignorant #and. like. #i am not keeping up to date with the war and stuff but my dad is constantly 'haha putin is so dumb look at all the dumb shit he's doing' #like. okay??? but people are dying. you know.

[drakonfire12]

Friendly reminder: if you think P*tin is okay with Ukraine existing, you are demonstrably wrong.

I went over his essay yesterday and my red pen ran out of ink. So this is my super short commentary on it (there’s a lot I will try to cram into another post). The emphasis in the quotes is added by me.

The picture he paints is of an either/or situation of how to be “Ukrainian” (which, in his mind, is to essentially be Russian) and any other option is just foreign intervention to “divide and rule” and seen as “anti-Russia”.

For example, after talking about shared history (which he distorts) he then says it should be Ukraine’s choice, but he goes on to say/threaten:

And the most despicable thing is that the Russians in Ukraine are being forced not only to deny their roots, generations of their ancestors but also to believe that Russia is their enemy. It would not be an exaggeration to say that the path of forced assimilation, the formation of an ethnically pure Ukrainian state, aggressive towards Russia, is comparable in its consequences to the use of weapons of mass destruction against us. 

So not the Ukrainians’ choice then, huh? Then come the threats:

All the subterfuges associated with the anti-Russia project are clear to us. And we will never allow our historical territories and people close to us living there to be used against Russia. And to those who will undertake such an attempt, I would like to say that this way they will destroy their own country.

Just from these 2 quotes, he says Ukraine has to side with Russia or face annihilation. 

Imagine you have a brother who mostly just harms you. You decide you need space from him for a few years to sort out your relationship. He then proceeds to threaten your life for ignoring him and not doing what he tells you. Doesn’t that just make you want to take out a restraining order against him? How else do you deal with someone who doesn’t accept anything less than you following what they dictated that you should do?

I swear to god these people will threaten nuclear annihilation and then ask “why is everyone so Russophobic”. 

#russia #putin #Russo-Ukraine war #Russo-Ukrainian war #Ukraine #so tired of all this #I also have a few drafts of this because there is soooooo many quotes #just so many quotes of him manipulating things and not in the sneaky way - like in the very lazy way #I've read a few articles countering his essay and they don't all address the same things (they have different specializations I guess) #but one of the articles I wanted to share was actually behind a paywall so I'm annoyed by that #I'll include the articles in the next posts- one will have to be really long and one where I have to at least cover some of the main point

[redvelvetwishtree]

People on here literally DEMAND that you conform to every single one of their views and opinions but I hope otherd don't forget to exercise some thinking for their own selves and continue to enjoy stuff they like. You don't need validation from hyper-woke snowflakes online who will force everything to be problematic. They will keep coming up with overbearing hot takes and it's just better to remove yourself from spaces like this.

#harry potter #jk rowling #why is she trending tho #also people make fun of how vladmir putin compared russia to jk Rowling's cancellation #if you look at it he's not wrong #i saw how obsessively western media reported on russia #they never reported on america's own wars like that #never report on israel like that #but with russia - because it was not on America's political and military interests #they went to town with sensationalised reporting #for the dumb lot no i do not support russia #but no one in other parts of the world missed how hypocritical you guys are #your government and society are the same #you all create an opinion and will not hear one word against it #you will bully everyone if they disagree #cancel culture is shit and i hope it dies or at least i hope other societies don't adopt it like america did #such toxic spaces online because of snowflakes who can't just ignore shit they disagree with #anyways #reading the posts in the jk Rowling trend made me write this smh #fantastic beasts #i think a new movie is coming out that's why she is trending

[thisselflovecamebacktome]

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#i can't talk too much about this because otherwise i'll cry but putin really did create a war that nobody wants huh? #like flights out of russia selling out so fast because even his own people are that scared and do not want to fight his war #but like the alternative is ruining their financial prospects by going to jail for 10 years or leaving their home #obviously i stand with Ukraine. there's just an extra level of horror that even russian citizens are being just as forced to fight #anyway i'm not gonna put this in popular tags because again I'm too devastated to talk about it. i just needed to get this out

[rabbits-of-negative-euphoria]

“Another fallacy in the ‘arms race’ argument is that, like so much else in the vision of anointed visionaries, it overlooks the intractable economic reality of scarcity. No country has the unlimited resources implied in the argument that an unending upward spiral of armaments will ensue. Moreover, some countries will reach their economic limits before others.

In a later era, President Ronald Reagan understood this very clearly when he explained to a horrified group of Washington Post journalists that he intended to win the arms race with the Soviet Union, because American resources greatly exceeded those of the U.S.S.R., so that Soviet leaders would ultimately be forced to the bargaining table to begin reducing their threatening nuclear arsenal and scale back their international aggressions. To the equal disbelief and disdain of many, he likewise said on more than one occasion that we were seeing the last days of the Soviet Union, which could not take the combined strains of their own counterproductive economic system and foreign military adventures. The fact that events proved him right has done absolutely nothing to rehabilitate President Reagan in the eyes of those to whom evidence has never been more important than the vision on which their own egos depend.”

Thomas Sowell, The Quest for Cosmic Justice (1999)

#- HK #a little added context for the quote I just posted #and prior to this he talks about how Germany felt free to arm itself so rapidly right next door to a well-armed France #because France was SO culturally pacifist Hitler didn’t believe they’d ever use their arms to great effect #and he was right; Germany occupied France #and he also talks about how the pacifist side views aggressors as a psychological/emotional/social problem #whereas the deterrent side views them as rational people with interests to maintain #and it just reminded me of how so many liberal painted Putin as a ‘madman’ willing to blow everything to high heaven in nuclear war #*liberals #but we KNOW for a FACT that’s not true because which presidency was the ONLY presidency in which Putin did not invade west? #the presidency of the guy who threatened to bomb Moscow if he did #Putin is not a madman and it’s dangerous to assume that he or anyone else is #respublica #mobile #foreign policy #x #Thomas Sowell #history

[tenok]

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#all this 'well WE did it so why YOU can't? it's just because you secretly evil russians' makes me wanna scream #I don't even touch the thing that there's such thing as political forces besides 'people who went on protest' #and what went around Euromaidan in big politics #(not in 'it's nato job!1' way #I mean that there were actually political forces opposes current politic at that time and it wasn't like some pariah as Navalny etc #also there were oligarch who were ready to support new big guy etc #and honestly #for me personally more great looks that four years later people just peasefully voted for another man #and that man turned a great guy and politic) #but back to rithoric #it sounds so fucking victim blamy #when I see how people speak about 'oh boo hoo police beat you up well you should have fight first' #I just #sit there??? #do you say this to all victims??? #like #our current authority just plain illegal #they have no rights be there #thay have no rights to make desigins such as DECLARE WAR #Putin haven't legally win any of votes since like his first run #like yes it sucks to admit but we kind of victims! not in a way 'poor russians let's pity them insted of people they currently kill' #but yes we're illegally kept under rule of people who took this place illegally and made it impossible to change things legal way and #straight up killed and imprisoned people who could've try to change it illegal way #and we have no big political figurs and no oligarchs and no other countries to support anything #just this 'have you tried molotov coctail?' from people who thinks that they suuurely woyld've change things #argh

[jiabeewrites]

so this is what i've gathered from the memes and tumblr posts:

(please do not take this as 100% accurate. it's probably only like 78% accurate)

TITANIC II:

a few billionaires + a 19 year old + one other person(?) went into a "submarine" that wasn't actually a submarine

it was controlled by a VIDEO GAME CONTROLLER

and they were supposed to explore the titanic

and the submarine thingie didn't actually work and they KNEW THAT before getting on

and it imploded

and they all died

the only person anyone has sympathy for is the 19 year old bc he didn't wanna go on but wanted to make his dad happy

also celine dion is trending lmao

and fanfic is being written for the submarine (im slightly concerned)

oh and the company who made the submarine is called oceangate

this link. that's it, that's the addition.

oh yeah and @hkayakh said that a documentary is being made about this???

RUSSIA:

there's a coup

and there's basically a civil war

and the person in charge of the coup said that he's trying to topple russia's military leaders

and ukraine just took back some of their land

also the troops stopped for coffee before fighting

important addition by @chimp-prolly-not-typing-hamlet: the rogue battalion that rebelled against Putin is a private paramilitary organization called Wagner’s Group which has been linked to far-right extremism and neo-nazism

GREECE:

the greek coast guard capsized a boat full of hundreds of migrants, killing 80 with over 500 people still counted as missing, and the eu won't even investigate (according to @socialist-microwave-laser, please go check this post for more info)

so yeah fuck capitalism actually

THE STOCK MARKET???:

logitech is NOT suing oceangate, that was a fake post

EXTRA SHIT:

andrew tate is being charged for rape and human trafficking

and apparently elon musk challenged mark zuckerberg to a jiu jitsu cage fight

and andrew tate offered to coach elon musk

the season finale of helluva boss came out!!! (s1e8)

the season finale of helluva boss is coming out only right now because of some legal issues that vivsiepop + spindlehorse had. i think it had something to do with working with kesha and her label

FNAF TRAILER JUST DROPPED

yeah the world just decided to speedrun history today

(pls tell me if there's anything to add to this in the replies!!!)

#russia #titantic #russian coup #wagner group #ukraine #oceangate #titanic submersible #russian civil war #stock market #logitech #andrew tate #speedrunning history whoooooooo #greece #helluva boss #kesha #helluva boss queen bee #helluva boss episode 8 #fnaf #fnaf movie #fnaf trailer

[suratan-zir]

When a Westerner asks you, "so this coup happens because the rebels are against the war, right?", how do you explain that the "rebels" are just another fascist psychopaths angry that other fascist psychopaths are not good enough at killing Ukrainians? How do you explain to a sane, unexposed to the "russian world" individual that putin's "opposition" isn't against the war, but demands more effective genocide?

#ukraine #russia #war

[soryualeksi]

So sorry that I'm doubting the totally good-faith approach of people whose MOST pressing concern about an invasion is to police how the people BEING INVADED AND HAVING THEIR HOMES DESTROYED AND THEIR FAMILIES DEPORTED TO FUCKING SIBERIA TO MAKE SPACE FOR THE OCCUPIERS AND TO ROOT OUT THEIR CULTURE. How THESE people. Fucking express their feelings about it on their fucking tumblr blog.

Fucking dogpiling them in a "you monster!!!" fashion for not being nice and friendly enough about it.

On a fucking tumblr blog.

#yes clearly you're not pro putin and the russian invasion AND the genocide you KNOW is happening #nah you're just a concerned citizen trying to put ukranians in their place when they're uwu too mean about getting invaded #clearly what really matters is that victims don't complain too much that is the LITERAL oppression of the perpetrators #u_u #I think I'm seeing a pattern here but I'm probably imagining it like ukranians imagine the genocide amirite #the most important first step when an injustice is happening: silence the victims because WOW they like to complain ew #you fucks #fuck off and choke on your own shit coming out of your mouths like that #fuck russian war crime apologists

[sayruq]

Here's more of what's been happening on the ground. (Once again I'm not an expert in war).

Palestinian fighters are still waging war on the state of Israel

It is clear that Hamas and other groups have access to anti aircraft weaponry and long range missiles, partly from looting Israeli bases but partly from (and this is unconfirmed) from the Russia-Ukraine war. It's not unexpected for weapons to end up smuggled into other countries during a war.

On the other hand, Israel went from swearing it would invade Gaza on the ground to doing just about anything but that

It's understandable why Israel would hesitate even with its 300,000 strong army

IDF is made up of mostly conscripted soldiers who normally act as civilians once they've served their 2.5 year mandatory conscription. Not only that, IDF acts more like a police force than an army. Its soldiers simply don't have the training or mentality to fight militia groups in their home turf.

America itself doubts its capabilities no matter how it words it. This is a country that has yet to win against a guerilla army so it has experience when it comes to this

Edit:

Edit 2: above Hamas states the obvious

In my previous post I highlighted how disorganised the Israel military was in response to Operation Flood Al Aqsa.

This hasn't changed in the days. Israel is behaving more like a cornered animal lashing out than the so called 'strongest army in the Middle East.'

It has been dropping bombs on Syria, Lebanon and Egypt aimlessly, more out of anger than calculated strategy

Its efforts to pushing back against the Palestinian militia isn't going well either

in addition to naked, barbaric cruelty towards Gaza because it is not producing results elsewhere

The tweet below is important as Russia is an Israeli ally. The Israeli right wing has been very favourable towards Putin, even willing to disagree with the US and EU policies on Russia. However Israel repeatedly bombing Syria is quickly souring Russia on the country. While Putin doesn't want to go against Israel at this point, he has become increasingly critical of the country in the past couple of days.

Saudi went from making a half-hearted 'both sides need to stop statements to cutting ties with Israel (ties Israel and America have worked very hard to form) to outrightly condemning Israel's treatment of the people of Gaza.

Naturally, with all of this happening, Israel has responded, not with ceasing the bombardment of Gaza, but by killing and assaulting journalists covering the genocide.

so that it could committ war crimes without it being documented and seen by the world. War crimes such as announcing that they'd bomb a hospital in Gaza and giving doctors and nurses just hours to evacuate their patients.

This, btw, is part of the reason they cut electricity so that Palestinians can't post their own genocide on social media. Israel brutality is costing them allies but they have no intention of stopping.

Despite all of this, there has been a great deal of support for Palestinians globally

In short, this war is not going the way Israel thought it would. They didn't crush Hamas and the other Palestinian military groups immediately after the battle of Re'im. In fact, they're still struggling against those groups right now. They've been humiliated in front of the world after being revealed to be paper tigers and as such, they're going after Palestinian civilians in increasingly horrific ways.

The Palestinian resistance is still optimistic and they're still carrying out their plan. There's still hope for a future without apartheid.

#palestine #free palestine #gaza #free gaza #colonialism